Unions representing public servants will launch a legal challenge today against the Queensland government’s recent removal of job security protections.

The government issued new directives on July 31 which wipe out the employment-security and contracting clauses in current Enterprise Bargaining Agreements for the state's 200,000 public servants, except police and health workers.

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The Queensland Council of Unions and the Together Union say the directives mean that state employees can be sacked at the stroke of a pen and jobs contracted out at a time when the government is slashing thousands of jobs.

They will launch a legal challenge against the directive today in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.

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They will argue the Public Service Commissioner, who issued the directives, is not authorised to do so under the Public Service Act.

They will also claim that the directives breached the Industrial Relations Act because it overrides legally binding agreements made between unions and the state.

QCU president John Battams said it was an issue of trust.

"If the government can change enterprise agreements without the consent of the other party then how can workers trust this government, especially when it is employer and legislator at the same time?" he said in a statement.

"In this case the government wasn’t prepared to negotiate and simply came in over the top, and it has simply legislated to get rid of job security."

Acting Public Service Commissioner Dr Brett Heyward, issued the directives and said at the time the original clauses in the EBAs were overly restrictive and made reform of the public service difficult.

More than 4000 public servants have been cut since the Newman government came to power in March, and a further 16,000 job losses are expected to be detailed in the September budget.